Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. CDDING, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,291, dated August 21, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, C. A. CODDING, ot' Battle Creek city, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Tashing-Machine; and I do hereby1 declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in whichw Figure 1 is a view of the rubbing apparatus detached. Fig. 2 is a view of the machine with the rubbing apparatus in position for working. Fig. 3 shows the convenient disposition that is made of the rubbing apparatus when a garment has been suiiiciently rubbed to be wrun'g out.

Similar letters of reference indicate ,corre spending parts in the three iigures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a washing-machine that has a perfect horizontal movement, is easily constructed, durable, and

that does not injure the clothes during the process of washings. v

The invention consists of a friction-roller and a rubbing apparatus provided with an elastic-pressure device, and used in connection with a suds box and bank of rollers, constructed and arranged as hereinafter described.

"firmly attached to the inside ot' the suds-box A, at a suitable distance from the bottom, in which the ends of the bank of revolving rollers B work. P P represent pieces firmly attached to the ends of the box A, projecting inward to keep the suds from dashing out when the rubbing apparatus is iirmotion. D represents a frictionroller suspended at one end of the box A.

C represents a rubbing-board, the face of which is provided with a suitable number ot shallowwholes for portions of the clothes to rise up into, so that the latter may be forced over the bank of rollers B.

K K represent blocks firmly attached to the top of the rubbing-board C. One half' of the length ot' the top edge of the blocks K K are cut at an angle to cause the arms e f'to rise as high abovel the suds-box as desired. The other half of the blocks K K are a parallel With that keep the rubbing-board C in its place, causing it to assume a perfectly horizontal motion,

bearing equally on all parts of the garmentbeing rubbed. The arms are sufficiently iiexible to allow the rubbingboard C to conform to the thickness of the article between it and the bank of rollers B.

ej' represent arms firmlyT attached to the blocks .K K at a suitable angle to cause them to rise as high above the suds-box A as desired. These arms are somewhat flexible, so as to prevent the jarring of the machine from reaching the hands.

g is a handle attached to the arm ef to work the machine with. S S are pieces firmly attached to one end ot' the suds-box A, in which the ends of the friction-roller D work. j is a joint-brace attached to the suds-box A to hold the rubbing apparatus up out ot' the way while the clothes are being wrung out.

The machine is used as follows: The box A is filled with suds up to the top ot1 the rollers B, and the garment-s to be washed are laid on the revolving rollers B. The rubbing apparatus is placed in the sudsboxtA, the arms L t' under the friction-roller D. Then place the rubbing -board C upon the garments to be washed, and impart to the rubbing apparatus a forward-andbackward movement. ,y

The garments are thus continuallyin contact with the suds while being rubbed, and, the rollers revolving, the dirt is squeezed out without wearing the garments. When the garments are suficicntly rubbed, raise the rubbin g apparatus upon the end of the suds-box A, and place the end of the j oint-brace j against it to hold it out of the way, so that the clothes can be conveniently wrun g out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is p The horizontal spring-arms 7L 1'., in combination with the roller D, substantially as and for the purpose described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 18th day of May, 1866.

CHARLES A. CODDING. 

